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Ops
name, noun, verb, slang
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Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Open Publication Structure, a sub-specification of EPUB. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 The goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead. Roman
Noun
- 1 plural of op form-of, plural
- 2 operations informal, uncountable
"Arbiter and I will guard the Ops Center."
- 3 Initialism of on-base plus slugging. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 4 plural of OP form-of, plural
- 5 operator status Internet, uncountable
"Why don't I have ops in this channel any more?"
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- 6 Initialism of other professional studies. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of op form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Ops, from Latin ops (“resources, wealth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-(i)-, *h₃op-(i)- (“force, ability”), from *h₃ep- base
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